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With the dawn of 5G networks right around the corner, 2019 promises to be an exciting year full of announcements, deployments, and official launches. But how will WiFi coexist alongside 5G? More importantly, how will the carrier WiFi market pan out in 2019 once 5G is introduced? Clients, please log in to view the full content.

In the era of ubiquitous connectivity, people will not only consume vast amounts of data but stay continuously connected across more devices and platforms. But what will become of WiFi as an access technology? What role will WiFi play when 5G promises near-instant connectivity across several applications? Will WiFi disappear into the mobile ether? Clients, please log in to view the full content.

For journalists who follow the latest news and trends in consumer electronics, IHS Markit analysts will be available for commentary ahead of and onsite at IFA 2018 in Berlin, Germany, from August 31 to September 5, 2018.

Happy and Prosperous New Year 2018!
As we set into the New Year, and on the onset of CES 2018 where companies showcase their capabilities and plans for coming year, its time to set our eyes on the things we might or even want to expect in the year 2018.
There are a few trends that we can expect to see across a wide range of technology segments emerging in 2018, however these will also create challenges and questions for the industry in the year ahead.

The wearable technology and app market is dramatically changing. This service contains data and analysis on the market with insights from analysts throughout IHS Markit. The following data presents the share of the overall top 100 ranked free, grossing, and paid apps that featured Apple Watch extension in May 2017, with previous 2016 and 2015 year comparisons.

This report described the CDN industry trends in the broadband and video technology sector, covering broadband & video infrastucture, managed services and data transmission. It includes overview of major companies.

What are the key technologies and the differences in the Asian pay TV market? This presentation demonstrates the differences between developed and developing pay TV markets by exploring the future of pay TV in Asia. Operators, OTT providers and content owners are increasingly looking towards key technologies like UHD, multicast IP transmission and LTE video, edge caching and predictive analytics and content recommendation in order to drive video consumption as the number of connected devices in the region grows.

Moving consumers to 4K or ultra-high definition (UHD) is shaping up to be a classic push marketing effort, with panel and device manufacturers, studios, and content providers aligned on the push side and a long line of hurdles to be surmounted before consumer demand can cross from niche to mainstream.

IHS analysis of the top performing US iPhone apps shows that Health & Fitness services have been quickest to market with Apple Watch apps. Overall an average of one in five of the top performing free, paid, and grossing iPhone apps are Apple Watch compatible.

UK-based video encoding start-up V-Nova has unveiled a proprietary compression algorithm called Perseus, which it claims uses a set of technologies that are completely new to the industry, and is a competitor to industry standard MPEG’s next-generation codec HEVC. While little has been disclosed about the technical inner workings and processes behind its compression V-Nova claims that Perseus is more efficient and scales better than HEVC.

The consumer electronics product portfolio demonstrates the research areas as well as the coverage and comprehensive solutions available. There is also an in-depth discussion on a range of topical and future trends in consumer electronics, connected home devices and professional video.

Connectable consumer devices are continuing to drive content consumption online and multiscreen. 2015 will see video accounting for over half of all internet traffic. This new behaviour has resulted in additional costs in processing and distribution, as such linear TV remains the more favourable method in creating new revenue. However, new monetisation opportunities such as analytics-based programming advertising and recommendations-based content delivery can offset these additional costs. The monetisation of connected devices is also leading service operators to diversify their service provisions.

"The Future of Multiscreen Delivery & Monetization", a 2015 presentation developed by Tom Morrod and his IHS consumer electronics analysis team will answer the following questions and more: What is the big story around multiscreen? How is consumer behavior being affected by consumer device trends? What are the options to leverage the evolving business opportunity?

Multimedia Home Gateway is projected to comprise 40% of pay TV operators’ set-top box expenditure by 2018 owed to its suitability for deploying future advanced services and also its ability to leverage efficient broadcast and broadband on all devices.